Home for Christmas (Amy Grant album)
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| Released | October 6, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | September 1992 | |||
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| Length | 42:31 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
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Home for Christmas is the tenth studio album by Christian music and pop music singer Amy Grant, released on October 6, 1992. It is Grant's second holiday album, the first being 1983's A Christmas Album.
Commercial performance
Coming off the heels of Grant's successful 1991 album, Heart in Motion, Home for Christmas performed even better than Heart in Motion on the Billboard charts, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Christian album chart. It was later reissued in 2003 as 20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Amy Grant.
On November 17, 1997, Home for Christmas was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the United States.[2]
As of November 2014, Home for Christmas is the eighteenth best-selling Christmas/holiday album in the U.S. during the Nielsen SoundScan era of music sales tracking (March 1991 – present), having sold 2,540,000 copies according to SoundScan.[3]
In 2021, Billboard named Home for Christmas the 24th Greatest Holiday Album of All Time.[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin | 2:36 |
| 2. | "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" | Edward Pola, George Wyle | 2:26 |
| 3. | "Joy to the World/For Unto Us a Child Is Born" | George Frideric Handel, Isaac Watts | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)" | Amy Grant, Chris Eaton | 5:29 |
| 5. | "O Come All Ye Faithful" | John Francis Wade | 3:01 |
| 6. | "Grown-Up Christmas List" | David Foster, Linda Thompson, additional lyrics by Amy Grant | 5:00 |
| 7. | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Johnny Marks | 2:07 |
| 8. | "Winter Wonderland" | Felix Bernard, Dick Smith | 2:17 |
| 9. | "I'll Be Home for Christmas" | Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram | 3:27 |
| 10. | "The Night Before Christmas" | Carly Simon | 3:52 |
| 11. | "Emmanuel, God With Us" | Grant, Eaton, Robert Marshall | 4:56 |
| 12. | "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Instrumental)" | Johann Sebastian Bach | 4:47 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Amy Grant – vocals (1-11)
- Shane Keister – acoustic piano (4, 10), keyboards (8, 10, 11), track arrangements (8), string arrangements (10)
- Carl Marsh – synthesizer (4), keyboards (11, 12), orchestration (12)
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (6)
- Clare Fischer – acoustic piano (9)
- Blair Masters – keyboards (10, 11)
- Chris Eaton – acoustic piano (11)
- Phil Keaggy – guitars (5)
- Tom Hemby – guitar (6, 12), acoustic guitar (10)
- Jerry McPherson – guitar (7), track arrangements (7), acoustic guitar (10)
- Dann Huff – guitar (10)
- Craig Nelson – bass (7, 9)
- David Hungate – bass (8, 10)
- Chris McHugh – drums (7)
- Paul Leim – drums (8, 10), percussion (10)
- Harold Jones – drums (9)
- Steve Forman – percussion (7)
- Mark O'Connor – violin (12)
- The London Studio Orchestra – strings (1-3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
- Ronn Huff – orchestration (1-3, 9), conductor (1-3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
- Alan Moore – orchestration (6)
- Nat Peck – orchestra contractor (1-3, 6, 9, 10, 12)
Background vocalists
- Chris Eaton – backing vocals (2, 7), additional backing vocals (11)
- Marty McCall – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
- Marabeth Jordan – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
- Bonnie Keen – backing vocals (2, 7, 10)
- The American Boychoir – choir (3, 5, 11)
- James Litton – boychoir director (3, 5, 11)
- Ronn Huff – choral arrangements and conductor (3, 5, 11)
- Jessica Owen, Kristina Owen, Carrie Gardner, Lisa Pardin, Asher Larrison, Emily Estes, Bethany Wright, Skyla Carnahan, Katy Dunham and Ellie Bannister – children's choir (10)
- John Darnall – children's choir director (10)
Production
- Amy Grant – executive producer
- Michael Blanton – executive producer
- Brown Bannister – producer
- Ronn Huff – producer (2, 3)
- Bill Deaton – tracking engineer
- Michael O'Reilly – additional engineer
- Patrick Kelly – assistant engineer
- Rich Indelicato – assistant engineer
- Greg Parker – assistant engineer
- Steve Bishir – overdub engineer
- Anthony Zecco – overdub assistant engineer
- Brett Perry – overdub assistant engineer
- Martin Woodlee – overdub assistant engineer
- Rail Rogut – overdub assistant engineer
- Adrian Kerridge – orchestra sessions engineer
- James Collins – orchestra sessions assistant engineer
- Bill Schnee – mixing
- Noel Hazen – mix assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Steve Hall – remastering at Future Disc (North Hollywood, California)
- Traci Sterling – production coordinator
- Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
- Rich Frankel – art direction
- Rebecca Chamlee – design
- Victoria Pearson Cameron – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[9] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[10] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r133935/review
- ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ^ "The Gifts That Keep on Giving: Biggest Radio and Album Hits of the Holidays". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
- ^ "Greatest of All Time Top Holiday Albums". Billboard. November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "Amy Grant Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- ^ "Amy Grant Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- ^ "Amy Grant Chart History (Holiday Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Amy Grant – Home for Christmas". Music Canada.
- ^ "American album certifications – Amy Grant – Home for Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America.